Sentences with phrase «regulated trophy hunting»

«The previously poorly regulated trophy hunting of rhinos fed horns into illegal supply chains and helped stimulate the current upsurge in rhino poaching.

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Richard Yarnell of Nottingham Trent University, UK, who works in South Africa and was involved with the research, says the new estimates of leopard killing may also mean that CITES, which regulates trade in threatened species, may need to adjust the quotas it sets for trophy hunting of leopards in the country.